Oh, the cloud it turned to dark and the sun had lost its spark and the teardrops, they were falling from the sky Joey felt a droplet fall into his hand – then another fell like sand and the Earth, so short of friends, began to cry The grass had turned to mud […]
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Haiku poetry VIII
Hummingbirds float free Oh, time and richest beauty – Sweet design
Suddenly
Suddenly, Something comes Of what wasn’t before And a life is portrayed From an empty canvas The brush weaves a magic Unknown today It weaves a desire Of affected dismay Dismay that is lost In the brightest surround Allowing for miracles Yet to be found In what was seen As a darkened […]
Castles in the sky
I ran and ran and ranto the castle in the airI danced and danced and dancedbeside my kite that flew up thereI stood upon the sunand jumped on a cloud called ‘nine’and in a silent whisperI was told that cloud was mineI stayed up in the airuntil tear-drops overcameand with a sudden gustthe tear-drops turned […]
The Party
Holly and Polly and Molly were jolly They were going to a party to play But Molly told Polly that Holly had told her The party was on the wrong day But it’s tomorrow; said Polly to Molly when Holly Had told them the party’s today. Holly’s dressed for the party; said […]
Fear
And what’s to be said When dastardly Hell is done And the road once walked Has since been run From the sea to the valley Oh may it be clear That the hike to the mountaintop Will e’er shed one’s fear
Christopher
In Sussex the woods house a bearin Devon bookshops occupy my mindHis name is Pooh – with friendsin store and in the woodsEver mindful there is Christopherwho scampers between simple pleasureswell-mannered yet surrealIn the woods their kinship growslike a leaf upon a treeYet when walking stairsPooh drags his feetplodding as he goesWithout the woods or […]
Haiku poetry IV
The curtain’s opened Signpost read – It’s morning
A scene
Time raced past midday to afternoon light and saw a glint in the sun on the field in the farm Smile dropped in – Joy came to stay and the dog said will anyone throw a ball and come play
on one knee
On one knee he looks into her eyes a wan smile sleeping there and seeping through His pallid face a picture of distraught despair his life a salty sense of breathless air
sensualism 